Overview
Foreign Exchange Essentials course overview
This prep course on Foreign Exchange Essentials covers the fundamental knowledge you need to know about the FX markets. You will learn more about the historical development of the FX market, the different exchange systems that exist, and the many market participants. You will also learn about various foreign exchange platforms, along with regulations.
Foreign Exchange Essentials learning objectives
Upon completing this course, you will be able to:
- Understand the historical development of the foreign exchange market
- Describe the different foreign exchange regimes (free float, managed float, etc.)
- Identify market participants in the FX market
- Identify FX platforms that facilitate transactions
- Understand the settlement process and market drivers
- Describe various market regulations
Foreign Exchange Essentials is a prep course of CFI’s CMSA® program
CFI’s Capital Markets & Securities Analyst (CMSA)® program covers all the basic, intermediate, and advanced topics about sales and trading, investment banking, and asset management. This program teaches you trading strategies used in the finance and capital markets industry. It is ideal for students who want to learn how to trade different asset classes. The program is completely online so you can take it at your own pace, from anywhere in the world.
Common career paths for students who take the CMSA® are Sales & Trading, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Treasury, Risk Management, and other capital markets careers.
Who should take this CMSA® course?
This Foreign Exchange Essentials course is great for anyone looking to understand more about the capital markets. It teaches a generic overview of foreign exchange, and is a great prep course for more advanced topics in FX. This course is designed to equip anyone who desires to begin a career in fixed income, equity, sales and trading, or other areas of finance with the fundamental knowledge of foreign exchange.
Foreign Exchange Fundamentals
Get Started Enroll For FreeLevel 1
Approx 2h to complete
100% online and self-paced
What you'll learn
Become a certified All Capital Markets & Securities Analyst (CMSA)® Courses
Foreign Exchange Fundamentals is part of the Capital Markets & Securities Analyst (CMSA)® certification, which includes 30 courses.
- Skills Learned Trading strategies used in the finance and capital markets
- Career Prep Work in capital markets, whether on the buy-side or the sell-side
Path to certification
Prep courses
5 courses from beginner to intermediate level.
01 OptionalCore courses
8 courses from beginner to intermediate level.
02 RequiredElective courses
17 courses in advanced and intermediate levels.
03 RequiredGet certified
Submit your CMSA® checklist and order your certificate.
04 Required Join our community
Get access to the Global Corporate Finance Society.
05 Optional How the certification works
What our students say
This course was really useful to me as it allowed me to get more insight into foreign exchange. Moreover, the slides and the topics covered were very good presented and in a clear way. I really recommend taking this course.
ana maria ballesteros carranza
It was a really informative course. Glad I took this course. Looking forward to doing more!
Gunjan Kamboj
I like the course content and found it fulfilling my expectations to the fullest.
MD JAHID HASAN
The delivery of the course was coherent and I enjoyed it every step of the way. The tests at the end of each topic helped too. Thanks a lot, CFI. YOU ROCK!!
